Resource Editor Alternatives

Resource Editor is described as 'The primary focus of the resource editor is RES files with a heavy bias toward the resource types commonly used by Delphi developers, but all common resource file formats and resource types are supported' and is an app. There are eight alternatives to Resource Editor for Windows and PortableApps.com. The best Resource Editor alternative is Resource Hacker, which is free. Other great apps like Resource Editor are Universal Extractor 2, GARbro, Resource Hacker FX and Resource Tuner.

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  1. Resource Hacker icon
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    Resource Hacker™ is a resource editor for 32bit and 64bit Windows® applications.

    21 Resource Hacker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Resource Hacker is the most popular Windows alternative to Resource Editor.

    • Resource Hacker is the most popular free alternative to Resource Editor.

    • Resource Hacker is Free and ProprietaryResource Editor is also Free and Proprietary
  2. Universal Extractor 2 is an unofficial updated and extended version of the original UniExtract by Jared Breland. It brings several hundred changes including community-wanted ones such as a batch mode, auto-updater and scan-only-functionality.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Universal Extractor 2 is the most popular Open Source alternative to Resource Editor.

    • Universal Extractor 2 is Free and Open SourceResource Editor is Free and Proprietary
  3. GARbro icon
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    A resource browser, archiver, and extractor specializing in game data archives. It handles uncommon file formats not supported by standard zip and rar utilities. A full list of supported formats can be found at https://morkt.github.io/GARbro/supported.html.

    26 GARbro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Resource Hacker FX is an improved Resource Hacker: it is a patcher that needs to be used on the original Resource Hacker v3.6.0.92.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Resource Hacker
     
  5. Resource Tuner icon
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    Resource Tuner lets you view, extract, replace, edit, and delete the embedded resources of executable files: icons, strings, images, sounds, dialogs, menus - all that make up the visual part of your Windows programs.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Resource Tuner is the most popular commercial alternative to Resource Editor.

    • Resource Tuner is Paid and ProprietaryResource Editor is Free and Proprietary
  6. RisohEditor icon
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    "RisohEditor" is a free resource editor for Win32 development. RisohEditor realized the ideal of resource editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. View and extract resources from EXE, DLL, OCX, CPL or any other Windows 32 & 64 Bit PE file. The embedded resources are shown in a tree sorted by language and type. Pictures like BMP, PNG, JPG, AVI movies, icons, cursors, dialogs, string tables and version info are shown in...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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